Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : clamav regression (USN-1482-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59605

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-1482-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ClamAV. The updated packages could fail to install in certain situations. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed TAR archives. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted TAR file containing malware that could escape being detected.
(CVE-2012-1457, CVE-2012-1459)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted CHM file containing malware that could escape being detected. (CVE-2012-1458).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected clamav, clamav-daemon and / or libclamav6 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1482-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59605

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1482-2.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2012

Updated: 10/16/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav-daemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclamav6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1457, CVE-2012-1458, CVE-2012-1459

BID: 52610, 52611, 52623

USN: 1482-2